Cybersecurity Job Trends in Scotland
Cybersecurity
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | 64 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +42 | -36 | +20 |
| Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity | 234 | 104 | 208 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 5.47% | 3.97% | 6.28% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 7.97% | 4.39% | 7.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 105 | 79 | 107 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,850 | £24,900 | £35,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £28,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,014 | £45,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +46.70% | -18.18% | -7.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £69,425 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,000 | £80,000 | £91,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £54,921 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.25% | -8.47% | -4.00% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland
Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,937 | 2,371 | 2,789 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 68.62% | 90.50% | 84.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,670 | 1,029 | 1,330 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,563 | £32,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £38,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.74% | -30.91% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £78,750 | £82,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £54,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.09% | -9.17% | - |
Cybersecurity Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Cybersecurity Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
Cybersecurity Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +16 | 61 | £74,830 | +36.41% | 52 |
| Glasgow | +23 | 49 | £70,015 | +47.40% | 118 |
| Aberdeen | +9 | 33 | £47,500 | -40.63% | 30 |
| West Lothian | - | 24 | £87,500 | - | 4 |
| Stirling | - | 14 | - | - | 1 |
| Dunbartonshire | - | 9 | - | - | |
| North Lanarkshire | - | 8 | - | - | 3 |
| Inverclyde | - | 7 | - | - | 1 |
| Renfrewshire | +8 | 6 | - | - | 3 |
| Dundee | +1 | 5 | £30,500 | -55.96% | 9 |
| Midlothian | +7 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| Highlands | - | 3 | - | - | 11 |
| Argyll and Bute | - | 3 | £20,000 | - | |
| Fife | -10 | 1 | £33,500 | - | 6 |
| Clackmannanshire | -13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Falkirk | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| East Lothian | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Aberdeenshire | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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Cybersecurity Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decision-Making | 29.9% | 70 |
| 2 | Project Delivery | 26.9% | 63 |
| 3 | Business Continuity | 20.9% | 49 |
| 4 | Vulnerability Remediation | 20.1% | 47 |
| 5 | BCP | 19.7% | 46 |
| 5 | Business Continuity Planning | 19.7% | 46 |
| 5 | Capacity Planning | 19.7% | 46 |
| 5 | Economics | 19.7% | 46 |
| 5 | Network Architecture | 19.7% | 46 |
| 10 | AI | 13.7% | 32 |
| 11 | Identity Access Management | 11.1% | 26 |
| 12 | Mentoring | 9.8% | 23 |
| 12 | Roadmaps | 9.8% | 23 |
| 12 | Stakeholder Management | 9.8% | 23 |
| 15 | Information Security | 9.4% | 22 |
| 15 | Line Management | 9.4% | 22 |
| 17 | Threat Modelling | 9.0% | 21 |
| 18 | Continuous Improvement | 7.7% | 18 |
| 19 | Security Operations | 7.3% | 17 |
| 20 | Data Loss Prevention | 6.8% | 16 |